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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Walker (ranked 4426 p4p, 425 weight class) and Elvis Presley (ranked 6790 p4p, 0 weight class). Elvis Presley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Miroslav Walker's chin.
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179 cm
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180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
19
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Walker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Elvis Presley! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Presley paws at him with a jab and circles away. A nice side step and Presley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Walker throws a push kick but Presley slaps the foot to one side. Presley swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker. Walker fails with a takedown attempt. Walker shoots in for a double leg but Presley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Walker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Walker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Presley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Walker throws a head kick but Presley moves out of range.
Presley lands with a good body shot. Walker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Walker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Presley is fending him off so far but Walker persists. Nope, Presley circles away and we're back to standing. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miroslav Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him. Walker works over Presley's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Presley with a body punch. A glancing blow. Walker tries for a takedown but Presley circles away easily and Presley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Walker is breathing heavily. Presley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Presley jabs Walker to the body, keeping him at a distance. Walker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Presley pulls Walker in close to his closed guard and prevents Walker from doing any damage or advancing position. Walker wants to control from the top but Presley keeps moving. Presley is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Presley is continuing to stall. Presley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Walker is one step ahead there. Walker wants to control from the top but Presley keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Walker preventing the sweep.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Elvis Presley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Walker shoots in but Presley avoids the takedown attempt easily. Presley digs a good hook to Walker's body.
Presley scores with a jab to the body. Presley lands the left hand. Presley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Miroslav Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Walker looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Presley has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Walker has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Presley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Horrible takedown attempt by Walker or perhaps it was just good defense by Presley, which made it look bad. Presley looks like he wants to counter punch here. Presley throws a nice outside leg kick. Presley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walker. Presley lands with an overhand left. Presley scores with a nice right hand.
Walker throws a solid leg kick but Presley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Walker. Walker pushes Presley up against the cage in a clinch. Presley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Walker misses with a takedown attempt and Presley counters with a right hand to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elvis Presley dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Presley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Walker is rocked!
It looks like Miroslav Walker has been cut. Presley lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh Walker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Presley walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Walker drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Presley swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Walker's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elvis Presley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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